2007
Poems and fiction by Martina Evans
A live literature performance featuring the poetry and prose of Martina Evans (née Cotter), bringing together a range of material exploring Irish social and political history as refracted through the lives and accumulated experience of the Cotter family over three or four generations. The show-in-development features projected photographs, recorded voices and a set and is performed by Martina Evans. A first performance of the piece was given as part of the Lewes Live Lit Festival Season, October 2007
Left: recent photo © Barbara Piemonte, 2006 / Right: the young Martina in her Communion Dress
Left: the Black & Tans in Ireland in the 1920s